Analysis

  • max time kernel
    147s
  • max time network
    172s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-en-20210920
  • submitted
    28-10-2021 10:36

General

  • Target

    INVOICE56K.xlsx

  • Size

    443KB

  • MD5

    4cdf1a31c469b31f3a8beb518ea7463c

  • SHA1

    b44fb9c8b59ad5c465c9c30ada4f768247460c30

  • SHA256

    c07f1a20f4ec699e3f2eedff1e2c08501ab1ab93d4651edac4fd0f950e02fb89

  • SHA512

    762a1d304b1633cdf53c9dabd627e25ad5fc86cb7f5644178c9d7cc81b607db9d1e422a44fd5ea84217779c94a14459a2ddfcb9c41bb042267b30a90e5d74d5c

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

formbook

Version

4.1

Campaign

hs3h

C2

http://www.alefisrael.com/hs3h/

Decoy

slairt.com

teresasellsflorida.com

resouthcarolina.com

npccfbf.com

hutshed.com

westatesmarking.com

rustmonkeys.com

kagawa-rentacar.com

easyvoip-system.com

admorinsulation.com

ericaleighjensen.com

zhonghaojiaju.net

apple-iphone.xyz

b0t.info

torgetmc.xyz

lawrencemargarse.com

6123655.com

macdonalds-delivery.com

cvpfl.com

ayudaparaturent.com

Signatures

  • Formbook

    Formbook is a data stealing malware which is capable of stealing data.

  • suricata: ET MALWARE FormBook CnC Checkin (GET)

    suricata: ET MALWARE FormBook CnC Checkin (GET)

  • Formbook Payload 3 IoCs
  • Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry 2 TTPs
  • Blocklisted process makes network request 1 IoCs
  • Downloads MZ/PE file
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Looks for VMWare Tools registry key 2 TTPs
  • Checks BIOS information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

    BIOS information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Loads dropped DLL 4 IoCs
  • Uses the VBS compiler for execution 1 TTPs
  • Maps connected drives based on registry 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Disk information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 3 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s). Likely ransomware behaviour.

  • Creates scheduled task(s) 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Gathers network information 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Uses commandline utility to view network configuration.

  • Launches Equation Editor 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Equation Editor is an old Office component often targeted by exploits such as CVE-2017-11882.

  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 31 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 23 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 23 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
    C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
    1⤵
    • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1208
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE" /dde C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\INVOICE56K.xlsx
      2⤵
      • Enumerates system info in registry
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:484
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ipconfig.exe
      "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ipconfig.exe"
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
      • Gathers network information
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1628
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        /c del "C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe"
        3⤵
          PID:1996
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\EQUATION\EQNEDT32.EXE
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\EQUATION\EQNEDT32.EXE" -Embedding
      1⤵
      • Blocklisted process makes network request
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Launches Equation Editor
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1508
      • C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe
        "C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe"
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Checks BIOS information in registry
        • Maps connected drives based on registry
        • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1716
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\oQZXiOIDrQPPf" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpC311.tmp"
          3⤵
          • Creates scheduled task(s)
          PID:1708
        • C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe
          "{path}"
          3⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:1524

    Network

    MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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    Downloads

    • C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe

      MD5

      f6741a7f14669cbb4dffc16029381a91

      SHA1

      194f199276d7e60a7063b4afc0fe784ff360c2ce

      SHA256

      63ff4d686692c112bd815c4b1d6c61c397909ad53f160981af6f3fb0e97bebc2

      SHA512

      d5965d89ea0e2c66b4bb0b3f5cf1ad027599774de8c57cc3ca62588efe66766b3986433dc95e03de7235f69a1b0b1bdac53ee3d990aa2b7457829b157ea62fdc

    • C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe

      MD5

      f6741a7f14669cbb4dffc16029381a91

      SHA1

      194f199276d7e60a7063b4afc0fe784ff360c2ce

      SHA256

      63ff4d686692c112bd815c4b1d6c61c397909ad53f160981af6f3fb0e97bebc2

      SHA512

      d5965d89ea0e2c66b4bb0b3f5cf1ad027599774de8c57cc3ca62588efe66766b3986433dc95e03de7235f69a1b0b1bdac53ee3d990aa2b7457829b157ea62fdc

    • C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe

      MD5

      f6741a7f14669cbb4dffc16029381a91

      SHA1

      194f199276d7e60a7063b4afc0fe784ff360c2ce

      SHA256

      63ff4d686692c112bd815c4b1d6c61c397909ad53f160981af6f3fb0e97bebc2

      SHA512

      d5965d89ea0e2c66b4bb0b3f5cf1ad027599774de8c57cc3ca62588efe66766b3986433dc95e03de7235f69a1b0b1bdac53ee3d990aa2b7457829b157ea62fdc

    • \Users\Public\vbc.exe

      MD5

      f6741a7f14669cbb4dffc16029381a91

      SHA1

      194f199276d7e60a7063b4afc0fe784ff360c2ce

      SHA256

      63ff4d686692c112bd815c4b1d6c61c397909ad53f160981af6f3fb0e97bebc2

      SHA512

      d5965d89ea0e2c66b4bb0b3f5cf1ad027599774de8c57cc3ca62588efe66766b3986433dc95e03de7235f69a1b0b1bdac53ee3d990aa2b7457829b157ea62fdc

    • \Users\Public\vbc.exe

      MD5

      f6741a7f14669cbb4dffc16029381a91

      SHA1

      194f199276d7e60a7063b4afc0fe784ff360c2ce

      SHA256

      63ff4d686692c112bd815c4b1d6c61c397909ad53f160981af6f3fb0e97bebc2

      SHA512

      d5965d89ea0e2c66b4bb0b3f5cf1ad027599774de8c57cc3ca62588efe66766b3986433dc95e03de7235f69a1b0b1bdac53ee3d990aa2b7457829b157ea62fdc

    • \Users\Public\vbc.exe

      MD5

      f6741a7f14669cbb4dffc16029381a91

      SHA1

      194f199276d7e60a7063b4afc0fe784ff360c2ce

      SHA256

      63ff4d686692c112bd815c4b1d6c61c397909ad53f160981af6f3fb0e97bebc2

      SHA512

      d5965d89ea0e2c66b4bb0b3f5cf1ad027599774de8c57cc3ca62588efe66766b3986433dc95e03de7235f69a1b0b1bdac53ee3d990aa2b7457829b157ea62fdc

    • \Users\Public\vbc.exe

      MD5

      f6741a7f14669cbb4dffc16029381a91

      SHA1

      194f199276d7e60a7063b4afc0fe784ff360c2ce

      SHA256

      63ff4d686692c112bd815c4b1d6c61c397909ad53f160981af6f3fb0e97bebc2

      SHA512

      d5965d89ea0e2c66b4bb0b3f5cf1ad027599774de8c57cc3ca62588efe66766b3986433dc95e03de7235f69a1b0b1bdac53ee3d990aa2b7457829b157ea62fdc

    • memory/484-56-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      64KB

    • memory/484-54-0x000000002FC11000-0x000000002FC14000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      12KB

    • memory/484-72-0x0000000005EF0000-0x0000000006B3A000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      12.3MB

    • memory/484-55-0x0000000071141000-0x0000000071143000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      8KB

    • memory/484-95-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      64KB

    • memory/484-71-0x0000000005EF0000-0x0000000006B3A000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      12.3MB

    • memory/484-68-0x0000000005EF0000-0x0000000006B3A000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      12.3MB

    • memory/484-69-0x0000000005EF0000-0x0000000006B3A000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      12.3MB

    • memory/484-70-0x0000000005EF0000-0x0000000006B3A000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      12.3MB

    • memory/1208-86-0x0000000004F80000-0x0000000005088000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      1.0MB

    • memory/1208-94-0x0000000006890000-0x0000000006A07000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      1.5MB

    • memory/1508-57-0x00000000757B1000-0x00000000757B3000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      8KB

    • memory/1524-80-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042F000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      188KB

    • memory/1524-85-0x0000000000280000-0x0000000000295000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      84KB

    • memory/1524-84-0x0000000000B80000-0x0000000000E83000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      3.0MB

    • memory/1524-78-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042F000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      188KB

    • memory/1524-81-0x000000000041F1A0-mapping.dmp

    • memory/1524-79-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042F000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      188KB

    • memory/1628-92-0x0000000002040000-0x0000000002343000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      3.0MB

    • memory/1628-90-0x0000000000540000-0x000000000054A000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      40KB

    • memory/1628-87-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

    • memory/1628-91-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000AF000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      188KB

    • memory/1628-93-0x0000000001F50000-0x0000000001FE4000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      592KB

    • memory/1708-77-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

    • memory/1716-62-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

    • memory/1716-67-0x0000000004D40000-0x0000000004D41000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/1716-65-0x0000000000AF0000-0x0000000000AF1000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/1716-74-0x000000007EF40000-0x000000007EF41000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/1716-73-0x00000000004F0000-0x00000000004FE000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      56KB

    • memory/1716-76-0x0000000000730000-0x0000000000761000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      196KB

    • memory/1716-75-0x0000000005C30000-0x0000000005CB0000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      512KB

    • memory/1996-89-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp